Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16

truth, aud there is not an aged man hers
who mas ever read "P.lgrim's Progress
who does not remember that while read
ing IL he smiled IS often 50 he wept
CarySostom, George Herbert. r ,ht r
SJuto, rhn Wesley, George Whit. fl Id
Jeremy Taylor, Rowland Hill, Net,letoD
George G Finney and ali OF the men Of
TIE past who grestly advanced the king
u"m OF GOD, conSecrated their wit and
saeif 1umor TO the cause OF Christ. 81
IL nas been in all the ages, 2nd s.Y tC
nose young theological Students. vino
custer in these services Sabbath hy Sab
ossa, sharpen your wits as
KEEN AS CiMETYRs,
anu tcSn take them INTO this molly war.
IL Is Very short bridge between s
smile and tesr. 8 susoension hr1dgr
from eye to lip, and it ia soon crossed
ever, and smile is sometimes lust sd 81.
cred as tear. There is as mucn religion.
! sud l think little more. in . s6r,nG
morning than in starless midnight r..
hgIOQS work Wi h0ut sDy humor or vii in
!. IS banquet with side # beef and
that "a ~, and no condiments. ard no des.
sert succt ediog People will no. ST. down
st such bspquet. By ali means ram y.
oil frlvJ lity aud all pathos and ell Ilg1t-
Des| and sll lsarity-strsin them out
through the sieve Of noiv Discrimination;
but, on the other hand, beware OF thai
monster wnicn OverShadows the Christian
cAurch to-day, conventions ity, c Mug
| up II 10 the great Sahara q sett OF eccle
slssticlefn, having on its back hump Of
! sarctl'dJaiouS gloom, enG YehemeutIy re
/ fu-e 10 swallow that camel
| On, now particular great msnV people
are sDout the intini,essimsls Whue my
are quite reckless about the magni udes
what did Christ say? Did He not I :ori
ste the people in his time VINO Werr so
careful TO wash their hands before meal
but did rot wash their hearts? It is q
pad thing to have uuClean hands; It is q
worse thing TO have an uuClean heart.
how many people there sre in our time
VINO are very anxious that after their
death they shall be buried with Their feet
toward thr east, and not at all anxious
inst during their whole life they SHOULD
face in the right direction so that they
snail com up IN the resurrection OF tAt
Just whichever way they are buried. How
many there are Chi fly anxious that 3
minister Of the gospel shall come in the
liue OF apostolic succession, not caring 50
much whether ne comes from Apostle
Paul or Apostle Judas. They nave 8
way OF measuring q gnat until It is larger
than camel.
Again: My subject photographs all
those who are abhOrrent Of I'm Il sins
while they are reckless in regard 70 mag
nitcent th-fts. You will tind msny
merchant who, while De
is go careiul that be
would not take yard OF cloth or a spool
OF cotton from the counter without pay
ing for it, and who, If bank cashier
should make mistake and send IN
RULL OF BILLS
IS too much, would dispatch a messen-
ger iii lot haste To reIurn the surplus,
yet who Will go into q stock company IN
Wnica after aniie he gets control Ui the
STOCK, and then waters the stock and
makes 500, GOO appear like 100000 He
only stole 100000 by he operation
Many IF the men Of fortune made their
wealth in that way. One Of those nep,
Sngs&ed n such uIrighteCus acts, tlsS
evening, the evening of the very Gay
when ne Ws'Gred the stock, wi dad q
"haif-rat stealing rewspsp from the
basement DOORWAY, sud will 60 out and
C3icQ tle IIChln by the collar, and twist
TIE collar so tIgntiy that the poor fellow
cannot eey that 1t was thirst for knOWi-
edge That led him 10 the CishOne st act,
out GRIP the collar tighter aud tighter,
saying, 81 have been locking for you
long while; you stole nv paper four or
five times, haven't you? you miserable
wretch" And then the old stock
gambler, with g voice they can
near three hiocka, will cry out,
"PJlice, p.lice!'' That same man, he
evening Of the dsy IL which he wGtered
the stock, will kneel With his family in |
prayers ard ihsDk God for the prosperity |
of the day, then Kiss his children good |
night with an air which seems to say, 81
nope you will sIl grow up to be as good !
as Your father" Prisons for sins in |
sectlle IN sizs, but palaces for crimes !
drOmedarian. No mercy for sins ami |
malcule in proportion, but great leDiency |
for mostodon iolquity. a poor boy silly |
takes from The basket OF ma-ket woman |
a choke pear-saVing some one else from |
the cnUleTa-and you smother him in the |
horrible atmosphere Of Raymond street |
j sil or New YJrk Tombs, while his cousin, |
woo has been skllifui enough Co steal |
$50 900 from the city, you will make him
q candidate for the New York Legisla- |
ture!
There is great deal of uueasiness and |
nervousness low among some people in |
our time who have gotten GnTignteOus |
fortunes, great deal Of nervousness |
about dynsmIte. / tell them that Gud |
will put under their unrighteous fortunes |
something more exc o,lve than dynamite,
the earthquake of His Omnipotent indig
nation. ltis time that we LEAH IN Amer
iCs that sin is not eXcussole in proper
ton as it declares large dividends aud
has outriders in tQuiDsge. Many q man is
RIDING TO PERDITION,
position ahead and IsCkey behind. To
steal one copy of q newspaper is gnGt;
to steal many thousands Of dollars is
camel. There is N ny fruit dealer who
would not consent TO Steel basket of
pegcht from neighbours stsl, out who
would not scIuple TO depress ',he fruit
and as long ss can remember
Ne nave heard every summer the peach
crop OF Maryland is q failure, snd by the
Time the crop comes il the misr, presents-
non makes difference of millions of
tOll.rs. A man VINO would Lot steal one
peach basket steals so 900 peach baskets.
Io down in the summer time into the
MERCANTILE Library, in the reading rooms,
and see the newspaper reports of the
crops from all parts Of the Country, and
their phraseoiogy Is very much the same,